Upgrading to XP from 2000 Pro

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I just bought XP home edition because I keep running into problems with
2000pro that is currently installed onto my system because of a crash. I
bought the computer and it had XP Pro, however after the crash I found out
that it was most likely a illegal verson of the OS because ME was the
original OS and I did not have anything saying it was not, however the
computer tech guy could not install ME back on to the system and installed
2000 Pro instead. Reading over the information I have with the purchased Home
Edition I should in fact be able to install it as long as I do a New Install
instead of upgrading, the problem is it will not let me to a new install. I
find it outragous that I am being forced to spend an extra $100 for a OS I
don't want and won't use fully, can't I just put xp home on my system? I do
not care to save anything I'm willing to reformat to make it compatible, any
help? or ideas?

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Andrew;
Windows 2000 can not upgrade to Windows XP Home.
Follow this for a Clean Installation of Windows XP Home:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/cleanxp.htm

 

[Michael Stevens]

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I just bought XP home edition because I keep running into problems
with 2000pro that is currently installed onto my system because of a
crash. I bought the computer and it had XP Pro, however after the
crash I found out that it was most likely a illegal verson of the OS
because ME was the original OS and I did not have anything saying it
was not, however the computer tech guy could not install ME back on
to the system and installed 2000 Pro instead. Reading over the
information I have with the purchased Home Edition I should in fact
be able to install it as long as I do a New Install instead of
upgrading, the problem is it will not let me to a new install. I find
it outragous that I am being forced to spend an extra $100 for a OS I
don't want and won't use fully, can't I just put xp home on my
system? I do not care to save anything I'm willing to reformat to
make it compatible, any help? or ideas?

You boot from the CD and do a clean install.
Click on or copy and paste the link below into your web browser address bar.
How to clean install XP.
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
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[Bruce Chambers]

I just bought XP home edition because I keep running into problems with
2000pro that is currently installed onto my system because of a crash. I
bought the computer and it had XP Pro, however after the crash I found out
that it was most likely a illegal verson of the OS because ME was the
original OS and I did not have anything saying it was not, however the
computer tech guy could not install ME back on to the system and installed
2000 Pro instead. Reading over the information I have with the purchased Home
Edition I should in fact be able to install it as long as I do a New Install
instead of upgrading, the problem is it will not let me to a new install. I
find it outragous that I am being forced to spend an extra $100 for a OS I
don't want and won't use fully, can't I just put xp home on my system? I do
not care to save anything I'm willing to reformat to make it compatible, any
help? or ideas?

Win2K cannot be upgraded to WinXP Home; you'll have to format the hard
drive and perform a clean installation.

Simply boot from the WinXP Home installation CD. You'll be offered
the opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as part of the
installation process. (You may need to re-arrange the order of boot
devices in the PC's BIOS to boot from the CD.)

HOW TO Install Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;316941

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm

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